Squeers, Wackford

Squeers, Wackford

brutal, abusive pedagogue; starves and maltreats urchins. [Br. Lit.: Nicholas Nickleby]

See: Cruelty

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Squeers, Wackford

dismally ignorant schoolmaster, cruel to his charges. [Br. Lit.: Dickens Nicholas Nickleby]

See: Teaching